St. Paul daily globe., 1887-08-21

the task which Prince Alexander was
compelled by sinister Influence to re-
linquish, and the Omens are not very
favorable. One party i'll the ministry
favOrS his rule while the other strongly
opposes it, and he will find that he has
to contend with headstrOng, if not in
tractable, material. Prince Alexander
had the advantage of being beloved by
the people, and if he had not lost his
nerve he might have braved Russia
with a solid country at his back;
but his successor will find Bull
garia split into parties that
will unite against an external
enemy, but will fight solidly over inter-
nal affairs. OF these divisions, Russia
will take all the advantage she can get.
Prince Ferdinand must show much
more remarkable qualities than the
world believes him possessed of if he is
to hold his own. Apparently the Bull
garianS themselves are not very en-
thuSiaStic over their new prince, and
would be glad to see Alexander back
again. Alexander is said to have re-
marked that he chopped to return to Bull
garia, but not until certain event had
happened in Germany" 1t is reported
erick William of Germany, fastened
the action of the regents in selecting a
prince, and caused Prince Ferdinand to
overlook the claims of Prince AleXan-
der.
IT WAS PARNELL's SPEECH
Oh Earl CadOgan'S amendment declar-
ing that Irish tenants would have to
protect their interests outside of
the law, that finally determined the
government to proclaim the Irish Ma
tiOnal league; otherwise such a step
would have been postponed for some
time, and perhaps not been reSOrted to
at all. RumOrS of the governments i'll
tentiOn with regard to the league had
been prevalent and extensively dis
cuSsed for several days, but they found
so few believers in their reliability, and
so few persons entertained suspicion
that immediate action, if any, would
be taken that the NatiOnaliSts
were taken completely by surprise.
Neither Parnell nor Mr.. Dillon was in
the house when Mr.. Balf0ur made the
announcement that the government had
condemned the league S dangerous
association and there were only thirty
Parnellites present all told. The proc
lamatiOn was, in fact, a greater surprise
than the governments acceptance of
the lords amendments TO the land bill,
and both were in a very great measure
due to the arrogant attitude and increaS-
ing dictatiOn of Mr.. Chamberlain,
which were deeply resented by
the older Tories. So ObnoX-
ious had the eXactionS of the
UniOniSt leader become that Lord
Salisbury probably expressed his Opin-
ion that it would be impossible for the
government to maintain itself if it was
to be publicly diScredited every week in
the house of commons by the demands
of Mr.. Chamberlain and his party. On
his side Mr.. Chamberlain complained
that he was kept in ignorance of the
amendments of the house of lords to
the land bill until he saw them in
secret of his opinion that the
government was not playing fair
with him. The landlord Tories, too, eX-
ercised great influence over the govern
ment in Fastening the proclamation by
persuading the ministry that the UniOn-
ist vote having disappeared from the
country divisions, the diSSidentS would
not dare to face an appeal to the people,
and would be compelled to support the
government, further representing that
the presentation of a bold and firm
front and the pursuit of a vigorous pol
icy would have the effect to
REGAIN THE LOST POSITION
of the Conservatives in the constituent
cies. Mr.. Chamberlain will now at
tempt to persuade his party to accept
home rule bill, which he already has in
outline, and with which he will seek to
win the country and create clear issue
between himself and Mr.. Gladstone, but
like his previous schemes this will prob
ably fail, and he will without doubt
r1lf afnlu find hic haal- 70
the old party. The secession of
Mr.. Chamberlain from the UnionistS
will do much to clear the way for the
admission of Lord Harrington into
coalition cabinet. Lord Harrington
still continues to support the ministry
firmly, and unreSeryedly approves its
action with regard to the league. BY
the governments proclamation of the
National league very pretty fight has
been precipitated between the COnserva-
tiveS and the UnioniStS on the one hand,
and Lord Harrington and a portion of
his followers on the other. If any other
course were left open to them than
humble return to the GladStOnian fold
it is almost absolutely certain that the
bulk of the Liberal UnioniSts would
BREAK WITH THE GOVERNMENT
and leave Lord Harrington TO become
an out and out Tory, but the trouble is,
they must stay where they are or Swal-
low the bombastic and defiant words
they hurled back at the GladStOnianS
only a few days ago in response to
OvertureS for reconciliation. A few
of the UniOnistS, however. are bold
enough to declare unheSitatingly that
Lord Harrington has led them further
than they agreed to go when they
turned their back on the Liberal camps
and set their faces toward the goal of
preserving the integrity Of the union
and have intimated plainly that
steps. part of the way back
at least. Was there ever before seen so
body of men as that COM
posing the Liberal UnioniSt party of
England, as a whole? Elected with the
that they would not op-
pose home rule for Ireland, its members
were no sooner warm in their seats than
they StrOve to OutdO the Tories them
selves in the violence of their OppoSi-
ton to any proposal contemplating the
transfer of the local government of Ire
land to Irish hands. Beginning here,
they have slowly drifted into the Con-
servative camp until in their declara-
ton of principles nothing can be dis
covered differing from the doc
trineS adhered to by the most un-
compromising Tories; yet when the
government seeks to enforce the law
that the UnionistS were foremost in adj
vOcating and unanimous in voting for it
is accused by these sol disant eXemplars
of political integrity and traders of votes
for political influence and power of hav-
ing broken its promises. What, is per-
asked, was the law passed for
if not to be enforced, and who should see
to it that it is enforced if not those who
stood in their places in parliament and
declared that it was necessary to back
up their declarations with votes? In the
squabble that must certainly grow out
of the proclamation of the league, the
Unionists will be likely to cut very